Innovation is about finding a better way of doing something. Like many of the new development buzzwords (which many of them are over-used on many business documents), the concept of innovation originates from the world of business. It refers to the generation of new products through the process of creative entrepreneurship, putting it into production, and diffusing it more widely through increased sales. Innovation can be viewed as t he application of better solutions that meet new requirements, in-articulated needs, or existing market needs. This is accomplished through more effective products, processes, services, technologies, or ideas that are readily available to markets, governments and society. The term innovation can be defined as something original and, as a consequence, new, that “breaks into” the market or society.
Innoveracy: Misunderstanding Innovation article points out that there is a form of ignorance which seems to be universal: the inability to understand the concept and role of innovation. The way this is exhibited is in the misuse of the term and the inability to discern the difference between novelty, creation, invention and innovation. The result is a failure to understand the causes of success and failure in business and hence the conditions that lead to economic growth. The definition of innovation is easy to find but it seems to be hard to understand. Here is a simple taxonomy of related activities that put innovation in context:
- Novelty: Something new
- Creation: Something new and valuable
- Invention: Something new, having potential value through utility
- Innovation: Something new and uniquely useful
The taxonomy is illustrated with the following diagram.
The differences are also evident in the mechanisms that exist to protect the works: Novelties are usually not protectable, Creations are protected by copyright or trademark, Inventions can be protected for a limited time through patents (or kept secret) and Innovations can be protected through market competition but are not defensible through legal means.
Innovation is a lot of talked about nowdays as essential to businesses to do. Is innovation essential for development work? article tells that innovation has become central to the way development organisations go about their work. In November 2011, Bill Gates told the G20 that innovation was the key to development. Donors increasingly stress innovation as a key condition for funding, and many civil society organisations emphasise that innovation is central to the work they do.
Some innovation ideas are pretty simple, and some are much more complicated and even sound crazy when heard first. The is place for crazy sounding ideas: venture capitalists are gravely concerned that the tech startups they’re investing in just aren’t crazy enough:
Not all development problems require new solutions, sometimes you just need to use old things in a slightly new way. Development innovations may involve devising technology (such as a nanotech water treatment kit), creating a new approach (such as microfinance), finding a better way of delivering public services (such as one-stop egovernment service centres), identifying ways of working with communities (such as participation), or generating a management technique (such as organisation learning).
Theorists of innovation identify innovation itself as a brief moment of creativity, to be followed by the main routine work of producing and selling the innovation. When it comes to development, things are more complicated. Innovation needs to be viewed as tool, not master. Innovation is a process, not a one time event. Genuine innovation is valuable but rare.
There are many views on the innovation and innvation process. I try to collect together there some views I have found on-line. Hopefully they help you more than confuze. Managing complexity and reducing risk article has this drawing which I think pretty well describes innovation as done in product development:
8 essential practices of successful innovation from The Innovator’s Way shows essential practices in innovation process. Those practices are all integrated into a non-sequential, coherent whole and style in the person of the innovator.
In the IT work there is lots of work where a little thinking can be a source of innovation. Automating IT processes can be a huge time saver or it can fail depending on situation. XKCD comic strip Automation as illustrates this:
System integration is a critical element in project design article has an interesting project cost influence graphic. The recommendation is to involve a system integrator early in project design to help ensure high-quality projects that satisfy project requirements. Of course this article tries to market system integration services, but has also valid points to consider.
Core Contributor Loop (CTTDC) from Art Journal blog posting Blog Is The New Black tries to link inventing an idea to theory of entrepreneurship. It is essential to tune the engine by making improvements in product, marketing, code, design and operations.
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Super-resolved coherent Raman spectroscopy with quantum light
https://phys.org/news/2022-09-super-resolved-coherent-raman-spectroscopy-quantum.html
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Vaatteita vanhoista sanomalehdistä — polyesteristä on päästävä eroon, uuden liuotusteknologian kehittänyt professori sanoo
https://www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/matematiikka-ja-luonnontieteet/vaatteita-vanhoista-sanomalehdista-polyesterista-paastava-eroon-uuden-liuotusteknologian-kehittanyt-professori-sanoo
Helsingin yliopiston kemian professori Ilkka Kilpeläinen ja Aalto-yliopiston emeritusprofessori Herbert Sixta saivat kansainvälisen Marcus Wallenberg -palkinnon kehittämästään Ioncell-menetelmästä.
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Made from paper, wax, and functional inks, “papertronics” are thin, flexible, biodegradable — or safely disposed of in fire.
“Integrated Papertronics” Offers Single-Use Electronic Circuit Boards Made Entirely of Paper
https://www.hackster.io/news/integrated-papertronics-offers-single-use-electronic-circuit-boards-made-entirely-of-paper-987a15855a3d
Made from paper, wax, and functional inks, “papertronics” are thin, flexible, biodegradable — or safely disposed of in fire.
A team of researchers from the State University of New York at Binghamton has come up with a way to produce what they call “integrated papertronics,” building components including resistors, supercapacitors, and transistors directly onto paper — providing a more eco-friendly approach for single-use electronics.
“Humanity’s excessive production of material waste poses a critical environmental threat, and the problem is only escalating, especially in the past few decades with the rapid development of powerful electronic tools and persistent consumer desire to upgrade to the newest available technology,” the team explains.
“The poor disposability of electronics,” the researchers continue, “is especially an issue for the newly arising field of single-use devices and sensors, which are often used to evaluate human health and monitor environmental conditions, and for other novel applications. Though impressive in terms of function and convenience, usage of conventional electronic components in these applications would inflict an immense surge in waste and result in higher costs.”
The solution: single-use electronics, which are easier to dispose of at the end of their life, either by recycling, burning for energy recovery, or simply biodegrading, owing to being effectively nothing more than paper. “All electronic components are paper-based,”
The so-called “integrated papertronics” devices created during the research are built using a six-stage process: a filter paper is printed with the circuit pattern using a wax printer, then baked so the melted wax can diffuse through the paper. Once baked, the paper is printed with functional inks before being screen-printed with a silver conductive ink. Further conductive traces are added, along with gel electrolytes for the active components.
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Fysiikan Nobel-palkinto kvanttimekaniikan tutkijoille
Palkittu kolmikko on kvantti-informaatiotieteen uranuurtajia. He ovat kehittäneet käytännön kokeita arkijärjelle käsittämättömän kvanttien lomittumisen osoittamiseksi.
https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-12648639
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Scientists discover shape-shifting material that could revolutionise robotics
When triggered the smart material can change its shape by up to 10 per cent
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/robots-shape-shifting-memory-material-b2196124.html#Echobox=1664982241
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Quantum Teleportation And Entanglement Leads To Nobel Prize Victory
The subject was “spooky” for Einstein but not for the Nobel Prize committee.
https://www.iflscience.com/quantum-teleportation-and-entanglement-leads-to-nobel-prize-victory-65591
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Engineers: Be Subversive To Be Green
https://hackaday.com/2022/10/07/engineers-be-subversive-to-be-green/
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“The person who says it cannot be done, should not interrupt the person doing it.”
- Chinese Proverb
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You should learn from your own mistakes. Learning from other peoples mistakes is cheating!
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Never-Before-Seen Eruption Sees Black Hole Burp Material Years After It Ate Star
A peculiar case of delayed eruption has caught astronomers by surprise.
https://www.iflscience.com/never-before-seen-eruption-sees-black-hole-burp-material-years-after-it-ate-star-65748
When stars get too close to supermassive black holes, they are ripped to shreds. This is known as a tidal disruption event (TDE). The spewing out of material follows the destruction of the star. The intense gravity pulls the star apart and the material swirls around the black hole, lighting up, which we can observe. But in the case of AT2018hyz, something incredible and not seen before happened. The star was ripped apart and material spewed. And then three years later the black hole threw material out again.
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Researchers Grow Graphene at Low Temperatures to Boost Flexible, Wearable Electronics’ Capabilities
A new method of growing graphene directly onto substrates could prove key for boosting flexible, wearable, and implantable electronics.
https://www.hackster.io/news/researchers-grow-graphene-at-low-temperatures-to-boost-flexible-wearable-electronics-capabilities-569c5ae50693
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Call for human rights protections on emerging brain-computer interface technologies
Industry self-regulation is not enough, say AI researchers.
https://www.nature.com/nature-index/news-blog/human-rights-protections-artificial-intelligence-neurorights-brain-computer-interface
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It Worked! DART Changed Asteroid’s Orbit To Shorten It By 32 Minutes
For the first time in history, humans have moved a celestial object, changing its orbit forever.
https://www.iflscience.com/it-worked-dart-changed-asteroid-s-orbit-to-shorten-it-by-32-minutes-65715
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You’re not fast enough to swat a fly. Here’s why.
Flies are in no way smart, but they experience time in an almost Matrix-like fashion.
https://bigthink.com/life/the-reason-why-each-species-experiences-time-differently/#Echobox=1665522438
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How Microwave Radar Brought Direct Phone Calls to Millions The Trans-Canada Microwave System also made live TV possible
https://spectrum.ieee.org/trans-canada-microwave-system-milestone
Making direct, long-distance phone calls to family and friends is quick and easy today. But when the telephone was invented in 1876, the farthest a call could be made was about 13 kilometers.
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Ultrafast Racetrack Memory Enters the Third Dimension Arrays of arching nanowires could lead to ultrafast, ultrahigh-density solid-state nonvolatile memory
https://spectrum.ieee.org/racetrack-memory#toggle-gdpr
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Call for human rights protections on emerging brain-computer interface technologies
Industry self-regulation is not enough, say AI researchers
https://www.nature.com/nature-index/news-blog/human-rights-protections-artificial-intelligence-neurorights-brain-computer-interface
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QUANTUM PHYSICS
The Universe Is Not Locally Real, and the Physics Nobel Prize Winners Proved It
Elegant experiments with entangled light have laid bare a profound mystery at the heart of reality
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-universe-is-not-locally-real-and-the-physics-nobel-prize-winners-proved-it/
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Optical foundations illuminated by quantum light
https://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news2/newsid=61603.php
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Design systemin avulla et joudu keksimään pyörää uudestaan
https://we.knowit.fi/experience-fi/design-systemin-avulla-et-joudu-keksim%C3%A4%C3%A4n-py%C3%B6r%C3%A4%C3%A4-uudestaan
Jos olet ollut mukana laajemmissa digiprojekteissa, olet todennäköisesti törmännyt siihen, että samankaltaiseen tarkoitukseen on ajan saatossa tehty useita toisistaan hieman poikkeavia toteutuksia. Design systemin avulla varmistat, että pyörää ei keksitä uudestaan ja nopeutat kehitystyötä.
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RESTORING HEARING WITH BEAMS OF LIGHT
Gene therapy and optoelectronics could radically upgrade hearing for millions of people
https://spectrum.ieee.org/cochlear-implant
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living plant controls a machete through an industrial robot arm
https://www.designboom.com/design/living-plant-machete-industrial-robot-arm-david-bowen-09-30-2022/
David Bowen’s installation, ‘Plant Machete,’ enables a living plant to move a machete through an industrial robot‘s bionic-like arm. The installation implements a control system that measures electrical noises found in the living philodendron. This system uses an open source micro-controller connected to the plant, which reads varying resistance signals across the its leaves.
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https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2022/10/17/tarvitsemme-laajempaa-teknologiaosaamista-johdossa-vain-tulevaisuuden-materiaaleissa-ja-ymparistoteknologioissa/
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https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2022/10/18/tietoturvatunnustus-harjoitusymparistolle/
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Protons are extremely cool and this article explains why
Inside the Proton, the ‘Most Complicated Thing You Could Possibly Imagine’
https://www.quantamagazine.org/inside-the-proton-the-most-complicated-thing-imaginable-20221019/
By
CHARLIE WOOD +1 authors
MERRILL SHERMAN
October 19, 2022
The positively charged particle at the heart of the atom is an object of unspeakable complexity, one that changes its appearance depending on how it is probed. We’ve attempted to connect the proton’s many faces to form the most complete picture yet.
Researchers recently discovered that the proton sometimes includes a charm quark and charm antiquark, colossal particles that are each heavier than the proton itself.
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Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates / Sometimes it’s easier to rewrite genetics than update Excel
https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/6/21355674/human-genes-rename-microsoft-excel-misreading-dates
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Scientists Bring Extinct Palm From The Time Of Jesus Back From The Dead
Judean date trees were everywhere 2,000 years ago but they went extinct by the Middle Ages. This video from the BBC reveals how scientists resurrected them.
https://www.iflscience.com/scientists-bring-extinct-palm-from-the-time-of-jesus-back-from-the-dead-65863
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New technique to trap soundwaves and light on a chip in large-scale circuits
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-technique-soundwaves-chip-large-scale-circuits.html
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Quantum Entanglement Has Now Been Directly Observed at The Macroscopic Scale
https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-entanglement-has-now-been-directly-observed-at-the-macroscopic-scale
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Läpimurto sattumalta: vedestä vetyä paljon nykyistä tehokkaammin
https://etn.fi/index.php/13-news/14176-laepimurto-sattumalta-vedestae-vetyae-paljon-nykyistae-tehokkaammin
Singaporen kansallisen yliopiston (NUS) tutkijaryhmä on tehnyt upean tieteellisen löydön, joka voi mahdollisesti mullistaa tavan, jolla vesi hajotetaan vetykaasun vapauttamiseksi. Ironista on, että uusi elektrolyysin menetelmä löytyi vahingossa.
Kolmen vuoden tutkimusten jälkeen tuloksena on energiatehokkaampi menetelmä vedyn saamiseksi. Tulokset julkaistiin Nature-lehdessä tällä viikolla. Löytö voi mahdollisesti avata uusia ja tehokkaampia teollisia menetelmiä tuottaa vetyä ja tuoda tämä ympäristöystävällinen polttoaineen useammille ihmisille ja teollisuudenaloille.
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https://www.iflscience.com/the-y-chromosome-is-disappearing-so-what-will-happen-to-men-45674
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One Twin Went Vegan, The Other Ate Meat. This Is What Happened
https://www.iflscience.com/one-twin-went-vegan-the-other-ate-meat-this-is-what-happened-61980
The results were subtle, but significant. Compared to meat-eater Ross, vegan Hugo experienced a massive drop in cholesterol and a sharp increase in resistance to type 2 diabetes.
Notably, the vegan diet was associated with a steadier blood sugar level and energy level, while the carnivorous diet resulted in harsher peaks and dips of energy. Interestingly, however, the vegan diet resulted in a severe reduction in gut bacteria diversity.
The gut microbiome also has a profound effect by influencing how the food is broken down.
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https://hackaday.com/2022/11/02/what-if-your-day-to-day-devices-were-alive/
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This promising new stretchy polymer is mashable like clay but still conductive like graphite—opening the door to a new world of electronics and electrical applications.
Electric Play-Doh Is Mysterious Conductor Promising new stretchy polymer could seed next-gen, sprayable, conductive inks
https://spectrum.ieee.org/conductive-polymers?share_id=7308720&socialux=facebook&utm_campaign=RebelMouse&utm_content=IEEE+Spectrum&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
“Electrically conductive Play-Doh” is how scientists describe new materials they can make like plastic but conduct like metal. It remains a mystery why they conduct electricity so well, since their doing so flies in the face of much of what is known about conductivity. Indeed, the stretchy conductor’s surprising capabilities may open up new directions and technological applications in electronics, researchers say
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Ihmeen tekijät
https://www.utu.fi/fi/ajankohtaista/aurora/ihmeen-tekijat?fbclid=IwAR1Nytlnp5jSZbUaai09Jd8taX-2qZMcQNr2Xn3PnAfz-6ucDOiS3JgRtes
Hackmaniitti on poikkeuksellinen aine – se vaihtaa väriä ja hohtaa pimeässä. Materiaalin tutkimus alkoi Turun yliopiston kemian laitoksella sattumalta ja sen monikäyttöisyys on lyönyt tutkijat ällikällä. Hackmaniitin ominaisuuksia on testattu Ruotsin puolustusvoimien bunkkerimaisissa tiloissa ja vuoden päästä sitä lähetetään avaruuteen.
Hackmaniittia kutsutaan ihmeaineeksi. Väriä vaihtavaa ja pimeässä hohtavaa ainetta olisi mahdollista hyödyntää ainakin valaisimena, röntgenkuvauksessa ja uv-säteilymittarina – kenties monessa muussakin käyttötarkoituksessa. Materiaali on ympäristöystävällinen, edullinen, uudelleenkäytettävä ja helppo valmistaa. Silti hackmaniittia käytetään toistaiseksi vain koruissa ja niin sanottuna energiakivenä, jonka parantaviin ominaisuuksiin jotkut uskovat. Tuntuu kummalliselta, että näin poikkeuksellinen materiaali on suurelle yleisölle täysin tuntematon.
– On harvinaista, että tutkimusartikkelissa kuvatun reseptin saa heti toimimaan. Meille kävi niin. Selvisi, että hackmaniittia on hyvin helppo valmistaa, Lastusaari kertoo.
Tutkijat tiesivät entuudestaan, että hackmaniitti vaihtaa väriä. He halusivat selvittää, saisivatko materiaalin loistamaan pimeässä.
Sitten tapahtui jotain yllättävää.
– Eivät nämä loista, totesi Pönkkä Lastusaarelle erään jälleen epäonnisen yrityksen päätteeksi. Lastusaari päätti todeta asian vielä omin silmin ja käveli käytävän päähän laboratoriotiloihin, jotka sijaitsivat silloisissa kemian laitoksen tiloissa Arcanum-rakennuksessa. Hän ei huomannut loistetta heti, sillä huone oli pimeä ja silmillä kesti hetken tottua hämärään. Pian hän erotti, kuinka synteettinen hackmaniittijauhe loisti pimeässä himmeää vaaleaa valoa.
– Yritimme saada hackmaniittia loistamaan vihreänä tai punaisena lantanidi-ionien avulla, mutta kävi ilmi, että hackmaniitissa itsessään oli vaalea jälkiloiste, joka loisti vielä UV-lampun sammuttamisen jälkeenkin. Emme huomanneet loistetta aiemmin, koska sen nousemiseen kului yllättävän pitkä aika. Yleensä loisteen nousuaika on jälkiloistavilla materiaaleilla muutaman sekunnin luokkaa, mutta hackmaniitilla siihen kului noin minuutti, Lastusaari kertoo.
Kun tutkijat havaitsivat hackmaniitin jälkiloisteen, he tiesivät löytäneensä jotain, mitä ei ole ennen nähty. He päättivät kehittää hackmaniitin pimeässä loistavaa ominaisuutta entistä paremmaksi.
Suomalaisittain hackmaniitin tausta on erityisen kiinnostava, sillä kivilajin löysi Kuolan niemimaalta suomalainen geologi Victor Hackman (1866–1941). Mineraali kantaa löytäjänsä nimeä. Kemistit ovat tutkineet hackmaniittia jo 1940- ja 50-luvuilla, jolloin he oppivat valmistamaan sitä synteettisesti. Sittemmin materiaalia on pääosin tutkinut vain aiemmin mainitun brittiläisen Wellerin työryhmä 1990- ja 2000-luvuilla
Lastusaaren tutkimusryhmän mielenkiinto sen sijaan kohdistuu nimenomaan materiaalin mahdollisiin sovelluskohteisiin. Heidän ansiostaan hackmaniitti kenties tunnetaan pian uskomattoman monikäyttöisenä ihmeaineena, ei vain väriä vaihtavana korukivenä.
Wellerin reseptin mukaan hackmaniittia valmistaneet tutkijat eivät olleet lisänneet seokseen titaania, mutta päättivät kokeilla sitä nyt.
Vaikutus oli huima ja loiste parani selvästi. Kun tutkijat lisäsivät seokseen vielä litiumia, he saivat synteettisen hackmaniitin loistamaan pimeässä jopa seitsemän tunnin ajan. Saavutus oli merkittävä, muttei siltikään tarpeeksi siihen, että hackmaniittia voisi hyödyntää esimerkiksi poistumistieopasteissa.
– Pimeässä loistavissa opasteissa hyödynnetään yleensä vihreänä hehkuvia valaisimia, jotka loistavat 24 tunnin ajan. Valaisimien valmistuksessa käytetään strontiumaluminaattia, johon on seostettu europiumia ja dysprosiumia, joita on hyvin vaihtelevasti saatavilla maailmassa.
Edullinen hackmaniitti todennäköisesti tasaisi markkinoita, jos tutkijat onnistuisivat nostamaan sen loisteajan samalle tasolle kuin strontiumaluminaatissa.
Suurikokoinen luonnonhackmaniitti hohtaa sinisenä ja oranssina, mikä näyttää ihmeelliseltä. Lastusaaren mukaan se ei kuitenkaan ole kovin ihmeellistä, sillä monet materiaalit hohtavat värejä uv-säteilyn vaikutuksesta. Kun Lastusaari sammuttaa uv-valon, pienempi hackmaniittikivi jää loistamaan vaaleaa valoa – tämä on professorin mukaan oikeasti poikkeuksellista. Hän näyttää myös, kuinka luonnonhackmaniitti ja synteettinen jauhe värjäytyvät ensin uv-valon vaikutuksesta pinkin värisiksi ja kuinka väri saadaan palautettua ennalleen vaaleaksi lämpölampun avulla.
– Hackmaniitti on poikkeuksellinen suhteessa muihin materiaaleihin, koska sillä on niin paljon ominaisuuksia. Se loistaa uv-valon vaikutuksesta, jää loistamaan valkoista jälkiloistetta ja vaihtaa väriä. Kolme ominaisuutta yhdessä materiaalissa, joka on vielä ympäristöystävällinen ja edullinen, Lastusaari toteaa.
– Pinkki, violetti ja sininen olivat tuttuja jo entuudestaan, mutta niiden lisäksi nykyään onnistuu keltainen, vihreä ja ruskea
Synteettisen hackmaniitin valmistamiseen tarvitaan natriumsulfaattia ja -kloridia sekä zeoliittia. Ainesosat jauhetaan huhmaretta muistuttavalla välineellä hienoksi jauhoksi, joka laitetaan pieneen astiaan, kuumennetaan 850 asteeseen ja annetaan jäähtyä. Hackmaniitin väriä voi muuttaa muokkaamalla reseptiä hieman tai sekoittamalla keskenään erivärisiä hackmaniitteja.
– Tutkiessani hackmaniittia opin, että se toimii vähän samaan tapaan kuin maali. Keltaista ja sinistä sekoittamalla onnistuin saamaan myös vihreää. Tällä menetelmällä on mahdollista toteuttaa lähes mitä tahansa värejä, Byron kertoo.
Toinen Byronin kehittämä sovelluskohde on hackmaniitin hyödyntäminen uv-säteilymittarina. Tätä tehtävää varten hän on kehittänyt hackmaniittisekoitusta, joka kertoo väriä vaihtamalla, onko materiaali altistunut UVA-, UVB- vai UVC-säteilylle ja millainen annosmäärä säteilyä on tullut.
Kemistit toivovat, että hackmaniitti olisi tulevaisuudessa kaikille tuttu ja laajasti käytössä oleva materiaali. Globaalin hyvinvoinnin näkökulmasta merkittävin näköpiirissa oleva sovelluskohde olisi röntgenkuvantaminen, johon tutkijat ovat osoittaneet hackmaniitin soveltuvan.
Röntgenkuvantamisessa hackmaniitista valmistettua levyä voi hyödyntää kuvauslevynä, johon kuva muodostuu. Kuvan tuottamiseen ja analysoimiseen ei tarvita kalliita laitteita, toisin kuin nykyisin käytössä olevissa menetelmissä, vaan kuvan voi nähdä levyltä omin silmin ja tallentaa kameralla. Hackmaniittilevy ei ole kertakäyttöinen, vaan sitä voidaan käyttää yhä uudestaan kuvantamisessa. Vielä hienompi ominaisuus on se, että levy on täysin kierrätettävä.
– Röntgenkuvantaminen on tällä hetkellä niin kallista, että alle puolella maailman väestöstä on mahdollisuus päästä kuvauksiin.
Vielä toistaiseksi hackmaniittia ei ole mahdollista hyödyntää ihmisten röntgenkuvaamiseen, sillä materiaalin vaatima säteilyaika on liian pitkä.
Yritys Pure Luminescence Technologies syntyi Business Finlandin rahoittaman Lastusaaren tutkimusryhmän projektin myötä, kun Pönkkä kumppaneineen totesi, että markkinoilla on kysyntää hackmaniitin kaltaiselle luonnontuotteelle.
hackmaniittia voisi hyödyntää esimerkiksi elintarvikkeiden säteilymittarina.
– Väriä vaihtavan hackmaniitin avulla olisi helppo havaita silmämääräisesti, milloin vaikkapa peruna tai sipuli on saanut sopivan määrän säteilyä, Vuori visioi.
Euroopan avaruusjärjestö ESA:n rahoittamassa projektissa selvitetään, soveltuuko hackmaniitti havaitsemaan erilaisten materiaalien avaruudessa saamaa uv-säteilyä. Hackmaniitin on tarkoitus määrittää säteilyannokset passiivisesti ilman virrankulutusta.
– Tällä hetkellä avaruusasemalla käytetään säteilymittareita, jotka ovat sähkökäyttöisiä, kalliita ja hankalia asentaa. Tavoitteena on selvittää, voisiko hackmaniitti korvata nämä mittarit, Lastusaari kertoo.
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Is Salt Room Therapy Really Worth the Hype?
I investigated whether breathing in a room full of Himalayan rock salt can actually boost your mood, clear your stuffy nose, and give your skin a healthy glow.
https://www.shape.com/lifestyle/beauty-style/salt-room-therapy-trend-i-tried-it
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.epa.gov/radtown/natural-radioactivity-food
Is it true that bananas are radioactive?
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/you-asked/it-true-banana-radioactive
Tomi Engdahl says:
“In theory there is no difference between theory and practice – in practice there is” (Yogi Berra)
Tomi Engdahl says:
Conducting Plastic Can Replace Metal
https://hackaday.com/2022/11/06/conducting-plastic-can-replace-metal/
The University of Chicago has announced they have created a material that behaves like plastic but conducts like metal. They also say they don’t fully understand why it works yet. Usually, good conductors like metals have very orderly atomic structures, something that plastics tend not to have.
The material is based on nickel, carbon, and sulfur. The resulting material was conductive and stable. However, the atomic structure isn’t orderly like a traditional conductor.
Described as “conductive Play-Doh,” the researchers report you can deform the material without changing its ability to conduct. Of course, what we want to know is if we could extrude it from a 3D printer and — almost as important — is there a way to make it not malleable like Play-Doh?
University of Chicago scientists discover material that can be made like a plastic but conducts like metal
https://news.uchicago.edu/story/university-chicago-scientists-discover-material-can-be-made-plastic-conducts-metal
‘Like conductive Play-Doh’: Breakthrough could point way to new class of materials for electronics, devices
“In principle, this opens up the design of a whole new class of materials that conduct electricity, are easy to shape, and are very robust in everyday conditions,” said John Anderson, an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Chicago and the senior author on the study. “Essentially, it suggests new possibilities for an extremely important technological group of materials,” said Jiaze Xie (PhD’22, now at Princeton), the first author on the paper.
‘There isn’t a solid theory to explain this’
Conductive materials are absolutely essential if you’re making any kind of electronic device, whether it be an iPhone, a solar panel, or a television. By far the oldest and largest group of conductors is the metals: copper, gold, aluminum. Then, about 50 years ago, scientists were able to create conductors made out of organic materials, using a chemical treatment known as “doping,” which sprinkles in different atoms or electrons through the material. This is advantageous because these materials are more flexible and easier to process than traditional metals, but the trouble is they aren’t very stable; they can lose their conductivity if exposed to moisture or if the temperature gets too high.
But fundamentally, both of these organic and traditional metallic conductors share a common characteristic. They are made up of straight, closely packed rows of atoms or molecules. This means that electrons can easily flow through the material, much like cars on a highway. In fact, scientists thought a material had to have these straight, orderly rows in order to conduct electricity efficiently.
To the scientists’ astonishment, the material easily and strongly conducted electricity.
The scientists are excited because the discovery suggests a fundamentally new design principle for electronics technology. Conductors are so important that virtually any new development opens up new lines for technology, they explained.
One of the material’s attractive characteristics is new options for processing. For example, metals usually have to be melted in order to be made into the right shape for a chip or device, which limits what you can make with them, since other components of the device have to be able to withstand the heat needed to process these materials.
The new material has no such restriction because it can be made at room temperatures. It can also be used where the need for a device or pieces of the device to withstand heat, acid or alkalinity, or humidity has previously limited engineers’ options to develop new technology.
The team is also exploring the different forms and functions the material might make. “We think we can make it 2-D or 3-D, make it porous, or even introduce other functions by adding different linkers or nodes,” said Xie.
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2022/11/07/muoville-haastaja-joustavasta-selluloosakalvosta-kestaa-vetta-ja-uv-sateilya/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.uusiteknologia.fi/2022/11/04/voiko-viinan-himoa-todella-vahentaa-laitekeksinnolla/